Kids

PBS NewsHour

There is no lack of research that shows the benefit of reading out loud to children. Photo by Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images
What are the benefits of reading aloud? What is the impact on children’s educational outcomes beyond literacy? Are all...

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference that he wants to send 10,000 U.S. troops to fight the extremist group that calls itself the Islamic State on the ground.
OXON HILL, Md. — Former...

Scottish musician Caitlin McNeill and her band have been arguing over the color of this dress: is it blue and black or white and gold? Image courtesy Tumblr/swiked
Color scientists already have a word for it: Dressgate. No surprise to those of us...

An aerial view of the center of Tyrone, Mo, where a young girl called authorities after hearing gunshots late Thursday. Photo from Google Earth.
Seven people were shot dead in rural Missouri before an alleged gunman turned his weapon on himself in a...

Almonds are shown. Photo by Getty Images.
“I have a life-threatening allergy to nuts.”
That’s the line I use most often in restaurants. Simply asking that a dish be made without nuts, or informing a waiter that I have an “allergy,” isn’t enough....